{"id":749544,"date":"2025-07-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=749544"},"modified":"2025-07-21T18:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:21:12","slug":"textbook-publishers-reveal-how-they-incorporated-controversial-new-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/07\/22\/textbook-publishers-reveal-how-they-incorporated-controversial-new-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Textbook Publishers Reveal How They Incorporated Controversial New Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_1PXy4HVGyzQ?client=wp&amp;client_version=2.6.0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"80px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The state\u2019s social studies standards, ideologically aligned with conservative values, American exceptionalism and Christianity, will guide a committee\u2019s review of dozens of textbooks and materials for use in Oklahoma classrooms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A team of educators and the State Textbook Committee began evaluating the textbooks for this year\u2019s adoption cycle, which includes social studies as well as personal finance. The textbooks generally have an online version for access on school computers; some are fully digital with no printed books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents, teachers and lawmakers attempted to block the social studies standards, arguing they are inaccurate and designed to promote Christianity over all other faiths. Academic standards are essentially a roadmap of what students should learn in each subject and grade or high school course.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The social studies standards call for high school students to study the 2020 elections by looking into election fraud theories such as batch dumps and mail-in balloting risks using graphs and other information.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019re also infused with references to Christianity, calling for students as young as first grade to study Bible stories such as Moses and the Ten Commandments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-borders wpnbha show-image image-alignright ts-4 is-1 is-landscape is-style-borders\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"744374\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>the latest<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"754196\" class=\"tag-attorney-general tag-cdc tag-covid-19 tag-george-monks tag-measles tag-oklahoma-news tag-oklahoma-state-department-of-health tag-oklahoma-state-medical-association tag-whooping-cough category-health category-publichealth type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monks_15-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 782px) 600px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2026\/01\/05\/oklahoma-health-department-refuses-to-share-county-level-measles-data\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Oklahoma Health Department Refuses to Share County-Level Measles Data<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"Avatar photo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies.jpg?resize=48%2C48&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cropped-Paul-Monies-96x96.jpg 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-48 photo\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\">Paul Monies<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T06:01:00-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-01-05T11:05:42-06:00\">January 5, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p>High school students are expected to learn how Christianity and the Bible influenced America\u2019s founding fathers. Religious elements like these support Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters\u2019 push for Bibles in every public school classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publishers Sidestep Controversy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma, with fewer than 700,000 public school students, represents a small market for textbook publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most made little effort to embrace the controversial aspects of the new standards, an Oklahoma Watch review of submitted materials found. Some made minor adjustments. And a few refused to do business with Oklahoma altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the 2020 election, for example, an Advanced Placement textbook titled \u201cBy The People, A History of the United States,\u201d published by Pearson, makes no mention of sudden batch dumps or mail-in ballot concerns. It states: \u201cThe Trump campaign submitted a total of 63 lawsuits claiming voter fraud, but none of them, including several that reached the Supreme Court, resulted in a finding for the campaign.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another textbook for high school students, this one published by Cengage and titled \u201cAmerica Through the Lens,\u201d addresses claims of election fraud with this: \u201cSupporters of his claim believed that mail-in balloting was not secure, and alleged that ballot-counting was halted in key battleground states, accompanied by sudden batch dumps of unfavorable votes. With an unforeseen record number of voters in the election, determining the final vote count was challenging. Investigations by numerous state and federal authorities determined there was no credible evidence to support such a claim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, an online version for Oklahoma is different. The same section instead reads: \u201cHe claimed the 2020 election had been stolen through widespread fraud, even though numerous state and federal authorities determined there was no credible evidence to support such a claim.\u201dThen, there\u2019s this from a McGraw Hill textbook titled \u201cUnited States History\u201d: \u201cAs mail-in balloting began, stories appeared in the media describing mail-in ballots being lost or found dumped, people receiving ballots for someone else, ballots being filled out for people who had passed away, people accepting payments in exchange for their ballots, and people being charged with election fraud. These stories were anecdotes, personal stories, and they did not prove there were widespread problems.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That book describes COVID-19 as being from an unknown origin in Wuhan in central China \u2014\u00a0not a Chinese lab, as specified in the standards. It dedicates several pages of text to the effects of the pandemic, including some of the economic and social effects: isolation and loneliness, schools closed, elderly people dying alone, risks to essential workers, and the trillions of dollars in federal aid to help businesses and workers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn December 2019, Chinese health authorities reported a mysterious disease that had emerged in the city of Wuhan,\u201d reads the opening of a section on COVID-19 in \u201cAmerica Through the Lens.\u201d There is no mention of a lab.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma Watch\u2019s review of materials found just one Bible story. Studies Weekly, a civics and social studies curriculum for elementary students, tells the Biblical story of David and Goliath in a first-grade lesson titled \u201cBig Ideas from History.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It reads: \u201cThe Hebrews told stories. One story was about David, a boy. He had to fight Goliath, a giant man. He won. People use this story when they talk about facing a big problem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lesson also mentions the Ten Commandments but doesn\u2019t list them, describing the laws as carved on stone and telling people what they should and should not do.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>How to participate in the textbook selection process<\/summary>\n<p>The public can access the same materials under review by the state Textbook Committee. These materials are on display across the state for public perusal. <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahoma.gov\/education\/services\/hqim\/cdrsc.html\">Here is a list of the locations<\/a>; they include university libraries and the Oklahoma Department of Education. The State Textbook Committee plans to hold a public hearing Oct. 3, according to a calendar on the textbook committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahoma.gov\/education\/services\/hqim\/stc.html\">webpage<\/a>. Members of the public wishing to comment at the hearing should <a href=\"mailto:carolynn.bristow@sde.ok.gov\">contact the committee<\/a> by Sept. 12 and include a typed summary of the comments they wish to make.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p>Studies Weekly publishes a newsletter-like format instead of textbooks, with colorful, folded pages given to students each week. The company customizes its product for each state, building curriculum from each state\u2019s standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player alignleft\" style=\"\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label=\"VideoPress Video Player\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/shWjUjev?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;persistVolume=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow=\"clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><script src=\"https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1739540970\"><\/script><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>John McCurdy, chief executive officer of Studies Weekly, said he prefers not to wade into local politics and stays focused on meeting all of each state\u2019s requirements in age-appropriate ways. \u201cWe don\u2019t take a position,\u201d McCurdy said. \u201cWe just follow the standards.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, another publisher that submitted an elementary curriculum for review, InquireED, sidestepped a second-grade standard about stories from Christianity, suggesting educators use the online platform\u2019s edit feature to add that manually. (The company suggested editing the materials to meet other, less controversial standards, too.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While alignment with state standards is the first element reviewers consider, they don\u2019t have to align perfectly to gain the Textbook Committee\u2019s approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fewer Publishers Offering Textbooks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eleven publishers submitted materials to the state for approval in social studies, fewer than the 18 approved by the committee six years ago in the last social studies cycle. And the rubric evaluators use is different now, with a new section assessing social and moral issues and adherence to a law banning the teaching of certain race and gender concepts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably absent is one of the country\u2019s largest and most well-known textbook publishers, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomavoice.com\/2023\/10\/24\/textbook-publishers-withdraw-from-oklahoma-as-fight-over-classroom-content-grows\/\">withdrew from Oklahoma in 2023<\/a> amid the state\u2019s review of math textbooks. Company representatives could not be reached for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the last cycle, Oklahoma approved hundreds of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt titles for teaching social studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two smaller publishers didn\u2019t bid on social studies materials this year, either. Teachers Curriculum Institute and Gibbs Smith Education each had textbooks approved in the last cycle but opted out this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth Wallace, publisher and president of Gibbs Smith Education, said their Oklahoma history textbook wouldn\u2019t have met all of Oklahoma\u2019s standards on its own and she didn\u2019t want to risk rejection by the committee.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a huge gamble for a small publisher,\u201d Wallace said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Textbook publishers presented their materials to the State Textbook Committee over three days last week. Selected educators will review the textbooks through October, then give their evaluations to the committee. In November, the committee will vote on whether to accept the materials for state adoption.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s up to individual school districts to choose which materials to purchase. The Legislature allocates $33 million annually for textbooks and districts can only spend that money on materials recommended by the committee. But districts can buy materials from the list using other funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legal efforts to stop the implementation of the new standards are ongoing. A district court judge threw out one lawsuit, but the parents and teachers who sued said they will appeal. A second case is pending before the Oklahoma Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=771%2C771&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-700097\" style=\"width:193px;height:193px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=771%2C771&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=336%2C336&amp;ssl=1 336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=140%2C140&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=706%2C706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/StaffHeadshots2022_5194-771x771.jpg?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Jennifer Palmer has been a reporter with Oklahoma Watch since 2016 and covers education. Contact her at <a href=\"tel:4057610093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(405) 761-0093<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:jpalmer@oklahomawatch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jpalmer@oklahomawatch.org<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpalmerOKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@jpalmerOKC<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles is-style-default wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-1 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape is-style-default\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"744374\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>MORE FROM Jennifer Palmer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"753221\" class=\"tag-brandon-pasley tag-domestic-violence-fatality-review-board tag-jacquelyn-campbell tag-laura-thomas tag-scott-hawkins category-criminaljustice category-domestic-violence type-post post-has-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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